ASUS ZenWiFi AX Whole Home Tri-Band Mesh WiFi 6 System

[Ben Park]

Although I gather the AX82U is only dual band. So does this mean it won’t support an XT8 mesh operating wifi backhaul (on the third channel)?

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[UK Sentinel]

The main differences between dual-band and tri-band routers are …

•  Dual-band routers use two bands (2.4 GHz and 5 GHz), while tri-band routers use three bands (one 2.4 GHz and two 5 GHz).

When you AiMesh the DSL-AX82U to say an XT8 – using 5 GHz wireless backhual. the XT8 will use the Third Channel (5GHz – 2) which still leaves another 5 GHz channel available for clients to connect to. The DSL-AX82U will only have 2.4 GHz channel for clients to connect to as its 5 GHz will be used to support the Wireless backhaul.

Alas ASUS only have one Modem/Router unit currently that supports WiFi 6 802.11ax standard.

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[Ben Park]

That makes complete sense, albeit it feels like a compromise.

I have an TP Link V900 DSL modem router I’ve not been using. I’m debating just using this in bridge mode rather than investing in an AX82U. It’s a pretty old modem, but will probably do the job here.

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[UK Sentinel]

TP-Link VR900 is EoL so a risk even in Bridge mode, but it will support acting as a modem for you to then connect to your XT8.

Don’t forget to add VLAN ID 101

https://www.tp-link.com/fi/support/faq/3562/

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[UK Sentinel]

Just seen this publication from ASUS, seems the ZenWiFi XT8 V2 EoL (end of life) is supported until 31th December 2026 at least for the UK.

No mention of ZenWiFi XT8 V1 which is a little odd.

Good to see ZenWiFi XT8 V2 has a couple more years support at least

 

[Networking Product] Duration of Security Update Support (only for UK)

https://www.asus.com/uk/support/faq/1051929/

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[UK Sentinel]

Seems both the BT10 and BT8 are supported until 31st December 2028. which makes the choice easier from a support perspective  (both are the same).

Good point, I think I will drop ASUS a message to see what they say regarding EoL for the ZenWiFi XT8 V1 as in theory the ZenWiFi XT8 V1 was released in January 2020, so in theory only 4 months support remaining.

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[Nicky]

It looks like “3.0.0.4.388_25041-g19153cb” has been released for the ZenWiFi AX Mini .

Firmware version 3.0.0.4_388_25041
– Release Note –

[Security Fixes]
– Resolved command injection vulnerability.
– Resolved DoS vulnerabilities in HTTPD and firewall configuration pages.
– Addressed ARP poisoning vulnerability.
– Addressed information disclosure vulnerability.
– Corrected code execution issue in custom OVPN.
– Corrected an OpenVPN vulnerability categorized as CWE-134.
– Corrected null pointer dereference vulnerabilities.
– Patched OpenSSL vulnerabilities.
– Fix CVE-2022-46871 and CVE-2023-35720.
– Fix CVE-2023-28702 and CVE-2023-28703.
– Fix XSS and self-reflected HTML injection vulnerabilities.
– Enabled and supported ECDSA certificates for Let’s Encrypt.
– Enhanced system stability.
– Enhanced FFmpeg vulnerabilities.
– Enhanced protection for OTA firmware updates and credentials.
– Improved several curl vulnerabilities.
– Improved the cfg server vulnerability.
– Improved WireGuard performance.
– Strengthened defenses against SSH brute force attacks.

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[UK Sentinel]

Good news and thank your sharing firmware release news

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• This reply was modified 2 years ago by UK Sentinel. Reason: ASUS XT8 EoL date changed (until 31th December 2026)
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[dodgydrains]

Terrible news.  It means roughly 5 years of FW support and still a lot of people facing issues with the latest FW releases.

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[UK Sentinel]

If you have ASUS ZenWiFi AX XT8 v2 then this support last until December 2026.

Five years of support is not to bad, but yes always firmware bugs etc.

 

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I will speak with ASUS and see what their plans are for the UK with the BT8 .

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